Homeostasis
This text discusses homeostatic process, control of homeostasis, homeostasis (thermoregulation), endotherms & ectotherms, heat conservation & dissipation, and the neural control of thermoregulation.
Topics
- acclimatization
- alteration
- apodeme
- asymmetrical
- basal metabolic rate (BMR)
- canaliculus
- cartilage
- chondrocyte
- columnar epithelia
- connective tissue
- cuboidal epithelia
- dorsal cavity
- ectotherm
- endotherm
- epithelial tissue
- estivation
- fibrous connective tissue
- frontal (coronal) plane
- fusiform
- hibernation
- homeostasis
- lacuna
- loose (areolar) connective tissue
- matrix
- midsagittal plane
- negative feedback loop
- osteon
- positive feedback loop
- pseudostratified
- sagittal plane
- set point
- simple epithelia
- squamous epithelia
- standard metabolic rate
- SMR
- stratified epithelia
- thermoregulation
- torpor
- trabecula
- transitional epithelia
- transverse
- horizontal plane
- ventral cavity
- control of homeostasis
- heat conservation
- heat dissipation
- homeostatic process
- neural thermoregulation